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1. Chinese Nationalist Government

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   The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
   The full-scale invasion by the Empire of Japan in 1937 forced a temporary, uneasy unity between the KMT and the CCP under the banner of the Second United Front. The Nationalist Government relocated its capital first to Wuhan and subsequently to Chongqing (then known as Szechwan Province).
   Wartime Governance

2. Greater East Asia Co Prosperity Sphere

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   The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (大東亜共栄圏, Daitōa Kyōeiken) was an imperial concept promulgated by the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Officially described as a self-sufficient bloc of Asian nations freed from Western colonialism and united under Japanese leadership, the Sphere represented the culmination of Japanese imperial ambition that had been developing since the [Meij…

3. Lytton Commission

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   The Lytton Commission, formally known as the Commission of Enquiry appointed by the Council of the League of Nations on 14 December 1931, was established to investigate the outbreak of hostilities between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China in Manchuria following the Mukden Incident of September 1931. Chaired by Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton, the commissio…

4. Second Sino Japanese War

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   The Second Sino-Japanese War was a prolonged military conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan that lasted from 1937 to 1945. Often regarded as the opening theatre of World War II, the war resulted in approximately 20 million casualties and fundamentally reshaped East Asian geopolitics. The conflict is characterized by Japanese territorial expansion, Chinese resistance, and escalating brutality, though historians note the war's peculiar stagnation was primarily due to Japan's chroni…

5. South Manchuria Railway

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   The South Manchuria Railway (Mantetsu; Japanese: 南満州鉄道株式会社, Minami Manshū Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) was a major Japanese state-owned enterprise established in 1906 following the Russo-Japanese War. Administered under the authority of the Empire of Japan's Foreign Ministry until 1945, its primary function was the operation and expansion of railway networks in Manchuria (Northeast China), particularly the line running from Port Arthur/Dalian to Changchun/Xinjing. Beyond mere transport, Mantetsu developed int…